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Hyperlocal Logistics Startup Opinio Lands $7M Series A To Launch In New Indian Cities
Opinio is the latest hyperlocal delivery startup in India to score funding. The company announced today that it has raised a $7 million Series A from Delhivery, a logistics firm, Sands Capital, and Accel Partners. Singaporean On-Demand Grocery Startup Honestbee Gets $15M To Expand To Six New Asian Countries
Honestbee just raised $15 million for its on-demand grocery delivery service, but it has loftier aspirations. Head of marketing Shane Chiang says the Singapore-based company launched as a “social impact business” to give employment to people who can’t hold a regular job, such as stay-at-home parents, caregivers, and students. Honestbee’s part-time shoppers collect… Read More
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Misfit Debuts The Shine 2, A Bigger, More Powerful Version Of Its Flagship Activity & Sleep Tracker
Over two years ago, Misfit launched an activity monitor called “Shine,” which was among the first breakout successes in the wearable space, offering an attractive alternative to competitors’ then more plastic-looking fitness trackers. In the years since, the company has expanded its product line to include a range of connected devices, including also sleep monitors and… Read More
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Tyra Banks On Her New Startup And Why Every Woman Needs “F-You” Money
“America’s Next Top Model” host Tyra Banks talked about her new business venture Tyra Beauty, “smizing” and empowering women entrepreneurs with “f-you” money onstage at the Wall Street Journal Live conference today. “Every woman needs ‘f-you’ money’ to be able to do things independently,” she explained to an audience… Read More
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TC Cribs: Credit Karma’s Gorgeous Historic Office Meets Startup Style
This week’s episode of Cribs takes us to free credit and financial management platform Credit Karma. This growing financial startup just put the finishing touches on its new office space in the Phelan – a historic building in downtown San Francisco that also houses Nextdoor and Medium.
The Phelan sits just off of Market Street in San Francisco’s bustling financial district. Read More
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With Epoch, Adcade Makes It Easy For Designers And Developers To Build Cross-Platform, HTML5 Ads
People have been talking about the death for Flash for years and years, and now it seems like the nails are finally being driven into the coffin, particularly in the online ad industry. But Rob Cromer, co-founder and CEO of New York City startup Adcade, said the shift to the HTML5 format won’t be easy for everyone. There are teams of designers and developers who’ve spent… Read More
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Phenom People, A Customizable Job Application Service, Raises $6M
It can seem at times that job application sites for companies are a black hole and impossible to navigate. That’s why Phenom People, a service that customizes company job search pages for individuals, wants to try to fix that experience. The company, which said it raised $6 million in venture financing, basically keeps tabs on who is visiting a company’s application page —… Read More
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Squad Expands Your Social Circle With Group-On-Group Action
Squad is betting that the best time to meet new people is when you’re already out and about with friends, primed to meet other groups of friends.
The New York City startup is officially launching its iOS app today, and it’s also announcing a raise of $1.7 million in seed funding from Lerer Hippeau Ventures and First Round Capital.
To use the app, you form a squad with anyone… Read More
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Works Applications, One Of Japan’s Largest Enterprise Software Makers, Launches In The U.S.
Works Applications is one of Japan’s largest enterprise software companies, but it’s still unknown in the United States. The Tokyo-based company is hoping to change that with the launch of AI Works, a cloud-based enterprise resource planning platform that uses artificial intelligence to make data entry less tedious, faster, and more accurate. Read More
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Wibbitz Enlists US Publishers For Its Video News Summaries
Wibbitz, a startup that helps online publishers create video summaries of their articles, is announcing its first big push in the US market, starting with partnerships with USA Today Sports, Hearst and ViralNova. Wibbitz analyzes the text of a story, creating a summary that’s turned into a human voiceover (a real human, not one of those creepy robot voices) accompanied by photos,… Read More
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